бедность, бедность непокрытая, недостатки, лишения, необеспеченность, нужда, нищенство, крайность, нищета
устар.
крайняя бедность, нищенство.
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." Oscar Wilde
"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen." Warren E. Burger
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party." Herbert Hoover
"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson